I wasn’t sure whether or not I should count finishing and posting a chapter of The Broken Rose as a project, since the story itself is one, but I guess I could consider it a finished part of a huge project so I’ll allow it.

It’s been over a year, but I’m finally back to editing and posting chapters. I still need to update the story on Deviant Art, and I’ve decided I’m just going to directly post from here onto tumblr. DevArt is already a pain in the ass to post to, and since I can take that shortcut with the little t I’m going to do it.

Aeris has a big choice to make in this chapter, which is currently entitled “Ways and Means.” I’m 90% good with that title since it fits with the happenings, but doesn’t give anything away. There’s a lot of extraneous stuff in this chapter, so the delete button has been my friend. I like how it tightens up the narrative.

I haven’t done a snippet in a while, but a comment I received this week made me think this one would be appropriate.

What I Played

Title: Octopath TravelerSystem: Nintendo Switch

Date Started: August 11, 2018

I have all of the secondary jobs now and am currently working on everyone’s third chapter. I’d love to hear how other players prefer to dole them out. I had Olberic as a Hunter, but honestly, I don’t think it added much to his repertoire. I like him as an Apothecary better, because it gives him use of the axe and that Amputate spell, which is boss. Plus he can use some ice magic. I like Ophilia as either a Dancer or Scholar since that gives her more magic to use, though I’d rather keep someone else as a Scholar to spread it around. Tressa is definitely a Thief because holy shit is Collecting more fantastic. I think I grabbed 20,000 leaves (what a weird currency lol) from the python and snake charmer near Wellspring, and that’s each. I like Primrose as a Scholar because I can have her Analyze. She’s more of a support character at the moment, which isn’t a slight on her at all.

If you are a magical or mythical creature in your human form or other and need help the police can’t or won’t provide, come on down to Moon Investigations. Where help may be only a spell away.

On the island of Crystal Lake where technology and magic are intertwined, magical gangs will rob and or curse you and dragons strut their stuff down the street, anything can happen.

Private Investigator Hazel Moondance tries her best to help those in need. Family members of the missing, forgotten and runaways are her main clients. So, when a mother comes to her looking for her daughter Rose Stone, Hazel is determined to find her. With the help of a bounty hunter and a seasoned witch, Hazel must sort through the life and secrets of Rose. She finds a secret that leads to other unsolved cases and a ritual that could destroy the island.

Now Hazel and her helpers must find Rose, the other missing girls and the person who took them before the night of the Emerald Stars or it will be too late.

This is an excellent witchy mystery that doesn’t rely on cliched tropes. Of course there’s magic and mythical creatures, but it reads more like a “whodunnit?” with a variety of magical characters.

Nickie will grow up to be one of the first citizens of the city of Ember. But for now, she’s an eleven-year-old girl whose father was sent away on some mysterious government project.

So when the opportunity to move presents itself, Nickie seizes it. But her new town of Yonwood, North Carolina, isn’t what she’d anticipated. It’s a place full of suspicion and mistrust, where one person’s visions of fire and destruction have turned the town’s citizens against each other. Nickie explores the oddities around her–her great-grandfather’s peculiar journals, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes–all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?

There seems to be some disagreement with whether or not this is the 3rd or 4th book. Goodreads has it marked as the 3rd, but in my set The Diamond of Darkhold is the third installment and Yonwood doesn’t even have a number. I can kind of understanding putting the prequel in the midst of the series to have readers reflect on how the world arrived at this point while the resolution to the narrative is still up in the air, but I see better advantages of reflecting when the original story is full told.

Regardless, The Prophet of Yonwood wasn’t nearly as engaging as the other books. This is disappointing since the lead up to what caused the conditions prompting Ember’s construction could’ve been a gripping tale. While I didn’t finish it, it seems like the author’s focus was on prophesy and proselytizing instead.

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Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII, its characters, and settings are all property of Square Enix so I can take no credit nor claim any ownership of that. I do take some credit for the story’s plot.

Banner Artwork Disclaimer: The featured artwork for the banner is entitled White rose I and was created by the very talented Deviant Artist RemusSirion who was gracious enough to grant me permission to use it here. The picture has been slightly altered from the original. All rights belong to the artist, and links are included for both the artist page and the work.

A white and pink rose sitting by what looks like a glass necklace. In the top right corner Chapter 11 Dear Aeris II is in dusky pink.

Dearest Aeris,

It’s been fifty-five days since last I was used, and I never will be again. My general promises that every day and every day proves it more true. I’m his Aeris and his alone. Brutal men can never have me. I cry and cry when I think about that…how I’ll never again be abused. I’m his. I’m his. I’m forever his. He guards me. He shields me. I’m safe. He tells me the best and most wonderful things like just how cherished I am. He could hurt me so badly, but he hasn’t. He won’t. He’s gentle. He’s careful with me. I live in a palace by the sea under his endless protection.

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At the very least I can claim this accomplishment for my vacation: I finished my revisions for The Broken Roseand just completed re-posting them here. WordPress doesn’t change the date of the original post, which is the reason for this update with convenient link in tow.

I do have Chapter 11 finished and with any luck I’ll have that posted before the week is out. I also need to do the re-posting for my other sites, but that’s also a task for another day.

Thanks as always for your continued interest in this fanfic that turned out to be much more involved than I ever though it would be!